Steppin

I've been taking a Chicago Step class. It's fun. What's more interesting is that there are alot of similarities between Steppin and relationships. With regard to the dance, the instructor frequently says things that can easily be applied to relationships. One night he said as he looked at my dance partner, "Just know that anytime you mess up, you can fix it." Most of the time the teacher is stressing the importance of allowing the man to lead and paying attention to the various signals/direction that the man wants to take you in. There are also constant reminders to the female students to just "relax" and not to fight the man's efforts to lead. I would say that it is more to this than meets the eye.

Baby and me makes....

I had a great conversation with one of my long time male buddies, Mike. As he was talking about how well his kids dance, he stopped and asked me if I intended to have kids. It's funny because I contacted my doctor a couple of weeks ago and asked what the unobvious steps were to getting pregnant, since I'm giving it some thought. My doctor advised me accordingly and I felt accomplished in that I took one step in the direction of having a baby by initiating the conversation with my doctor. Now, I've since moved onto other things(should I get a puppy?), but it's on my to do list.

Mike framed it so well for me and he really has me thinking about having a baby...I mean I was already thinking about it but it slipped down the list of priorities in the last couple of weeks. Mike said that this would be a great time for me to have a kid(s)...he recollected that when he had his first child at the age of 23 that he felt as if he would be raising kids his entire adult life. That gave me hope. Now that I'm ready to "sit it down", so to speak, I have all the time, energy, love and resources to devote to my baby(ies). Wow, you just don't know what day to day blessings are in store when you wake up each day and this conversation was one of them.

Vacation

Ive been gone for a while but I'm back. I read this page tonight and laughed out loud. I have to get back to this...

My Hair Obsession

I absorb all things about hair. I love reading about new hair products and appliances. My most recent appliance purchase was a hair steamer. I am not all that jazzed about it. My hair just felt "bleh" after steaming. I like the way my hair feels after deep conditioning under a hair dryer much better. I thought conditioning with a steamer would up my hair bling quotient but that has not been then case. I will play around with it for awhile.

The products I like are Spectrum Unrefined Coconut Oil, Phytospecific Intense Nutrition Mask, Aveda Damage Remedy Shampoo and Conditioner, Aveda Dry Remedy Shampoo and Conditioner, Neutrogena Triple Moisture Silk Touch leave-in for dry styling during the week, Salerm-21 leave-in used pre roller setting/airdrying/blow drying, Biosilk Silk Therapy Gloss on top of the Salerm 21 and lottabody.

Things that make me laugh but shouldn't

1) When I go into Nordstrom's TBD Department, there is a girl who looks like this guy from MadTV. The guy, who is on the chunky side, was always dressed as a girl in one skit or another. Anyway, I laugh when I see her because she reminds me of him.


2) Crass things discussed on Chelsea Lately.

I'm doing good...those are the only two things that I laugh at that I shouldn't.

What I like

1) Football
2) That my friend gets to see her "friend" today
3) Meditation
4) Positive people
5) People who are in good relationships
6) Puppies, other people's puppies(new revelation for me)
7) New prospects
8) The thought of being in business, either for myself or otherwise
9) Scrabble
10) Backgammon
11) Skip-Bo
12) Parks
13) Lakes
14) Exercising
15) Sarcasm in moderation
16) Chelsea Lately...not just her but Chuy and the roundtable also. Especially the chunky gay guy.
17) Traveling
18) Typical birthday cake: white cake, white buttercream frosting.
19) Cold grapes
20) My home
21) Walking in the French Quarter, through the french market, down Magazine Street, in the Garden District...((sigh)) New Orleans.
22) The ducks that feed on the worms in front of Bally's.
23) The color peach


What do you like?

I Get It-I Don't Get It

Dirty heels? Unkempt heels? As in the back of your foot, the heel, being dirty or rough from driving or wearing flip-flops. Is this avoidable? I've experienced it and cleaned my foot right away. But, I've seen my fair share of "driver's heel" or, as my BFF calls it, " suicide heel." Are they avoidable?

I don't get it. Ladies, be conscious of your heels.